Safer Recruitment and Selection for Staff Working in Child Care - A Tool Kit

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Section 1 (2 784 kB)
Pg1: Background of the Consortium
Pg2: The Beginings of the Consortium
Pg5: So what will it take
Pg7: Safer Selection - The Basics
Pg11: Capabilities
Pg12: Summary of Safer Selection
Pg13: The Place of Ethics and Values in Social Work
Pg15: The Staff Selection Process
Pg18: Role Definition
Pg19: Generating a Pool of Applicants
Pg20: Implementing an Objective, Standardised, Rigorous Process
Pg21: References
Pg23: Staff Involved in Selection
Pg24: Short-Listing
Pg25: Record and Identify Checks
Pg27: Client Record Checks
Pg28: Screening Interviews

Section 2 (1 758 kB)
Pg29: Involving Service Users in Staff and Carer Selection
Pg30: Visit's to Children's Units
Pg31: Methods for Participation in Staff and Carer Selection
Pg32: Interviewing as a Group
Pg33: Participation in Panel Interviews
Pg35: The Selection Centre Approach
Pg36: Exercises
Pg37: Psychometric or Occupation Testing
Pg38: Personality Tests
Pg39: Documentation and Administration
Pg40: The Wash-up
Pg41: Evaluating the Selection Centre
Pg43: Personal Interviews
Pg44: Legal Implications
Pg45: Who should conduct personal interviews
Pg46: What should be recorded?
Pg47: Panel Interviews

Section 3 (1 698 kB)
Pg51: Foster Carer Selection
Pg52: The Development of Key Capabilities for Foster Carers
Pg54: Outline of Foster Carers Assessment Process
Pg55: So where does safe selection fit?
Pg56: The Selection Centre Approach Foster Carers
Pg57: The Model for the Safer Selection of Foster Carers
Pg58: The Venue
Pg59: References
Pg61: The Personal Interview for Prospective Foster Carers
Pg62: How should interviews be conducted?
Pg63: The Structure of Personal Interviews
Pg65: Volunteer Selection
Pg67: Implications of Safer Selection for Employers
Pg68: Selector Training
Pg69: References
Pg71: List of Appendices

Section 3 (2 255 kB)
p73 - p128 - Appendix 1 (part)

Section 4 (2 655 kB)
p129 - p194 - Appendix 1 (cont.)

Section 5 (1 608 kB)
p195 - p231 - Appendices 2 - 17